Leviticus 25:16

Easy To Read Version

If there are many years {before the next Jubilee}, then the price will be high. If the years are few, then the price will be lower. Why? Because your neighbor is really only selling a number of crops to you. {At the next Jubilee the land will again belong to his family.}

Cross References

Leviticus 25:15

If you want to buy your neighbor’s land, then count the number of years since the last Jubilee, {and use that number to decide the right price}. Why? Because he is really only selling you the rights for harvesting crops {until the next Jubilee}.

Leviticus 25:27

Then he must count the years since the land was sold. {He must use that number to decide how much to pay for the land.} Then he must buy back the land. Then the land will be his property again.

Leviticus 25:51

If there are still many years {before the year of Jubilee}, then the person must give back a large part of the price. It all depends on the numbers of years.

Leviticus 27:18

But if the person gives his field after the Jubilee, then the priest must calculate its exact price. He must count the number of years to the next year of Jubilee. Then he must use that number to decide the price.